Site Entry: 02 January 2010
Over the past 5 years alone, the internet has given rise to thousands of new threats to your home computer's secruity. Not the least of which is a new family of spyware/malware programs written exclusively for profit gain. These program sare usually installed without the knowledge of the computer owner and quietly siphon away private or personally identifiable information about the computer owner or operator. With the rise of particularly nasty malware such as virtumonde and merijn, not to mention the spyware programs that actually pretend to be antivirus programs like antivirus 2008 and xpantivirus, these little nasties are no longer just a nuisance.The hijackthis forum is the best place to post your logs and get help. There is no one specific forum dedicated to thsi however. There are actually a wide variety of hijack this forums full of helpful people on the web. Here's a list: BleepingComputer , SpywareHammer , SpywareInfo , GeeksToGo , Dell Community , Cexx , DSLReports , Safer-Networking , WhatTheTech , Techguy Forums , D-A-L forums , SpyWare BeWare! , TechMonkeys , PCHelp Forum , PCPitstop Forum , Subratam.org , CyberTechHelp , BestTechie , BFC Computer Help , 5 Star Support Forums , Soft Hardware , Pctorium , Security Forums.com , DMSetup forums , PCTechBytes , MalwareRemoval , Security Central , Webuser.co.uk , Newbie.org , 247 Fixes , Amazing Techs , Atribune , Freedom List , Landzdown , MalwareBytes , Techmonkeys , The Spykiller , Gladiator Security Forums , Security Cadets , Virtual Dr. , Major Geeks , Help2Go , Aumha , The Elder Geek. Feel free to paste any one of those names into your browser to be taken to their site.
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